Oops

I forgot to post the finished photo of Santa by Joy Juarez.  The beard is stitched with two strands of four colors of Wisper in random long and short stitches and then brushed with a Bunka brush--lightly by the way!  I will be getting this one framed along with the Santa Kiss with baby.

 

Back from the finisher!

The snowman couple and Santa ornaments arrived back from the finisher!  They are backed with a white fabric patterned with a tiny silver thread.  Sorry, it just won't photo well.  Each has a twisted cord with green and white on the snowmen and red and white for Santa. Finishing by Leigh Schafer.,.thanks Leigh!  Fast turnaround and I love them!

Santa is done!

I finished all of the Bargello pattern for the beard and have brushed it.  I added the gold bell.  There was a bell painted on the canvas.  I painted over it and then stitched the end of the hat.  I then attached the jingle bell so it will be an ornament that can make noise.

Getting there!

I added the Kreinik  #8 003V in the spaces left by the Flying Crosses.  I am working the beard in Angora white 01 and gray 02 in Bargello Line Pattern A from Ruth Schmuff's book.  I also trimmed the moustache a little closer!

Petite Very Velvet

That hat is all worked in Petite Very Velvet 614 and 613  in Flying Cross stitches.

Holly

The holly leaves are all worked in Basket weave with 3 ply of Splendor 836, 956 and three ply of DMC 3347.  The berries are padded satin stitch with 6 strands of Splendor 820 and DMC 304.  Next up is the hat.

All the turkey work

I finished the eyebrows using the same Impressions 0000 with  3 ply in turkey work.  The hat  band
is stitched with Petite Very Velvet 601, 602 and 615 in Diagonal Hungarian Ground.

Just the moustache

The moustache is 3 ply of Impressions 0000 in turkey work.  I am going to trim just a bit more after I get the eyelashes  done.

Santa's face

Continuing in basketweave, I finished the left cheek with the 3 play of Splendor 1085 and then also did the lips with the same.  The highlight stitches in the center are 3 ply of Splendor 938.  The eyes and shading around the nose and under the cheeks is 3 ply of Splendor 925.  The darker lines around the eyes are 3 ply of DMC 841.  The darker lines around the blue area are 3 ply of DMC 849.  The eye is worked with Splendor 3 ply of 800-white, 86l-light blue, 801 black and 858 dark blue.

Santa ornament

This is Melissa Shirley Designs 247 that is a 4 inch round ornament on 18 count. All in basketweave:
I started with the face using three strands of Splendor 1098.  The shading is done with 3 strands of Splendor--2 of 1131 and 1 of the 1098.  The highlight in the checks and on the nose are worked with 3 strands of Splendor 1084.  The darker areas are Splendor 1085-3 ply, but only the right cheek is worked thus far.